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How to read the photographic histogram?

How to read the photographic histogram? watch this video to learn about the histogram.

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Lumapix is a fantastic imaging software

FotoFusion assembles professional-quality albums in seconds from your digital images. A unique high-performance interface speeds creation over traditional photoshop approaches, with interactive control over image position and cropping, drop shadows, edges, tiles, blur and sepiaton, among many other effects. An integrated RIP engine allows the composition to be reprocessed for efficient sharing by email or [...]

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In my studio I already have a studio strobe as a second light I want to use a quartz lamp?

Some steps are essential 1- decide which lamp will be the main lamp 2- do not mix different light type on your main subject 3- use your second lamp for a support effect For example if you use the flash to light your subject you will do an exposure test and a white balance adjustment [...]

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If you can dream it…. you can do it

Auto F/X software… the best suite of plugins for Photoshop. From fancy effects to soft nearly unperceivable, you can tweak and modify your image. Frames, textures and light effect even a photo enhancer that works like magic. I’m a graet fan of Auto F/X since over 7 years when I bought the 1st version of [...]

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The Color Balance Coach target instructions

Easy to follow video instruction have just been published on the ColorBalanceCoach web site click here to watch. Do not hesitate to contact Customer service for any info. cbc@colorbalancecoach.com Jean-Francois O’Kane The Color Balance Coach

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The quality of light

Very often I’m asked by students why the color of the same object may look different in 2 consecutive pictures? The more obvious reason is the usage of the auto white balance on the camera, but in some occasions, we found the flash used to be defective. If the flash does not send the same [...]

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Color Balancing or color correcting

Would you rather Color Balance once at picture taking time or color correct all night after a shoot? Or: Who painted my wall yellow? The digital era brought with him a whole lot of fun things, unlimited shootings, everlasting roll of film and perfect auto modes. Oups! I’m starting to talk like a salesman. The [...]

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